Ghislaine, Prince Andrew & the Paedophile
ITV, 9PM
The Duke of York’s anni horribiles continue, with the lawsuit from alleged victim Virginia Giuffre hanging over him and this documentary looking into his friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell – though the Duke denies any wrongdoing. Reporter Ranvir Singh condenses the story into an hour.
She explores how Maxwell, the daughter of a disgraced media baron, swapped one amoral man for another in the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and ended up convicted of sex trafficking this month. Victims of the pair explain to Singh how Maxwell helped to lure them into Epstein’s web and kept them there. A juror from Maxwell’s trial opens up about how the jury made up their minds after 40 hours of deliberation. And Singh sifts through the trial’s evidence and examines flight logs from Epstein’s private jet featuring the names of famous passengers to see what went on and who they were close to. Powerful former associates of the pair tell Singh how their extensive networks of rich and famous friends provided a distraction from their depraved lifestyle. And she examines the extent of the Duke’s own relationship with them. Vicki Power